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| Does Age Matter? This year I bought LPs for my 37 year old nephew and the 16 year old daughter of my best friend’s son. Both are starting vinyl systems for the first time. So as far as my personal anecdotal experience goes, no. Your generalization does not apply. | |
| Rega Planar 3 : Heavily upgraded yet produces a sound that I don't like MM not MC in this price range.Also, check TT speed. | |
| TUBE BIAS, socket to me! For my own curiosity, I checked out Mapleshade. Yes, they are still in business, but no they don't say anything about restored vintage Fisher gear on their website. I would still call them if you are interested. Pierre Sprey who is one of the p... | |
| Static causing TT to turn on? Can you say more about the "control board"? Is it solid state? Is it always power up regardless of whether the platter is rotating? Integrated circuits, etc? | |
| TUBE BIAS, socket to me! Check Mapleshade Audio. If they are still in business, they used to sell re-conditioned vintage tube gear, specializing in Fisher stuff. You pay a little more, but you get a completely rebuilt unit probably with a warrantee. Otherwise, if you ar... | |
| Rega Planar 3 : Heavily upgraded yet produces a sound that I don't like Cardas cables are anything but bright, so you can let that bit off the hook. One thing: Weren't especially the early Rega turntables notorious for running too fast? Have you changed the turntable belt along your upgrade path? Anyway, check turnt... | |
| Uninsulated bare copper wire for turntable ground OK? Perfectly OK to use bare wire for ground. Thick gauge best. But I don’t see any reason why it’s better than insulated wire of the same gauge and composition. Nor should the dielectric make any difference. If I have some heavy gauge 3-wire Romex c... | |
| Is cartridge Demagnetizing Necessary? cleeds, I do apologize if I seemed to come down on your earlier post. It does make sense that if you remove the stylus assembly from an MM cartridge, it should be safe to use the Sumiko Fluxbuster on an MM. MC, I don’t know why you keep bringing u... | |
| Is cartridge Demagnetizing Necessary? Here it is, straight from a website:"High Fidelity Cables uses Magnetic Conduction technology to enhance audio signals and ensure the highest quality sound in audio reproduction.. Magnetic Conduction is a new and unique technology that pres... | |
| Is cartridge Demagnetizing Necessary? That’s why I use the Cardas test LP. Whether or not demagnetizing is needed, in the meantime you are also exercising the cartridge suspension. For any of my cartridges that have sat around for long periods of time, I run them through Cardas tracks... | |
| Is cartridge Demagnetizing Necessary? OK. Everyone should read the Sumiko Fluxbuster manual, because after all they have no agenda in the debate. Bust all the flux you want. | |
| Is cartridge Demagnetizing Necessary? Just don’t demagnetize a moving magnet cartridge, or you will have no magnet and no cartridge. The rest of it is up to you. I would never use a demagnetizer per se. I occasionally use the tracks on the Cardas test record which are specifically for... | |
| TUBE BIAS, socket to me! As tubes age, they lose transconductance. As they lose transconductance if the grid bias voltage is fixed (not varying with respect to cathode voltage), you gradually run out of oomph (for want of a better term). The amplifier may begin to sound... | |
| TUBE BIAS, socket to me! Elliot, I am not quite sure I understand your question, "Sonically, what are your experiences?" Do I think biasing an output tube makes a difference? That goes without saying; a power tube cannot operate without some chosen parameters: plate vol... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. Ralph, What I recommended to Elliot is that he first experiment with the settings of the L-pads in his speakers until he arrives at a solution that he wants to live with long term. Doing this would automatically involve accounting for the driving... |